Steve Ball : Pushing Up a Daisy

Congratulations to Guitar Craft family and friends around the world on completing 25 years. And next?

Song of the Day, March 25th 2010: Pushing Up A Daisy, (4.99M mp3)

pushing up a daisy

look me in the eye and tell me I'm not crazy
I may be underground but I'm not pushing up a daisy
read between the lines and you see I'm a little bit lazy
under my designs my sketch lines are a little bit busy

we're not so dissimilar: we slaughter the same language
underneath our smiles we bear the exact same brand of baggage
eyes are rolling shoulders slumped and staring at the ceiling
time misspent to reinvent the wheeling of our dealing

hang your picture on my wall
why won't you return my call

I'd jay walk one hundred miles to avoid a nosy neighbor
I'd lick the sun and singe my tongue to avoid a flaccid flavor
I don't believe in passive anger mild depression calm aggression
don't believe in flying reindeer Santa Claus random regression

I remember every face
every person every place

open up your ears to the message in the music
sometimes it chooses you even if you don't choose to choose it
you'll squeegee off the field if you don't pay full price at retail
or download free to bankruptcy -- a devil in the detail

we may make more from pulling copper coins out of a fountain
and getting paid is just like sucking honey from a mountain
to some these words are blessings all dressed up as common curses
and sometimes truth is hiding in the cracks between the verses

I remember every note
every phrase and every hope
music lights the frozen dark
pokes a pinhole in my heart

look into the mirror and tell me we're not crazy
I may be out of cash but I'm not pushing up a daisy
read between the lines and you see I'm semi-serious
under my designs my sketch lines are glowing furious

could be better could be worse
one man's blessing one man's curse

for my current and former bandmates:

Bret, Richard, Kevin, Dave, Curt, Tobin, Adam, Hidi, Bert, Pauly, Tony, Joly, Pietro, Jon, Ralph, Debra, Nigel, Pat, Herni, Ferny, Martin, Christian, Trey, Robert,... Sanford, Blake, Kirk, Dan, Travis, Travis, Bill, Bill, Brock, Heather, Chris, Steven, Horacio, Martin, Claudio, Pablo, Guille, Luciano, Marcello, Sandra, Sama, Maria Gabriela,... Jaxie, Bob, Derek, Dean, Paul, Lee, Chuck.

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